fundiとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /ˈfʊndiː/

名詞

fundi (plural fundis)

1. (South Africa, Zimbabwe) A master of a particular skill; an expert.
   • 1972, The Rhodesia Science News, volume 6, page 358:

     Alas I our small office staff boasted no bird fundi and the bird remained unindentified.

語源 2

From Swahili fundi.

発音

• IPA: /ˈfʊndiː/

名詞

fundi (plural fundis)

1. (East Africa) A person who repairs and maintains things; mechanic, repairer.
   • 2018 May 18, Bob Nicol, My Name Is Deliverer, LifeRich Publishing, →ISBN:

     The air compressor sends off quite a large blast of air, sending dust skyward, as the air drilling begins. The driller's compressor remains in the backyard in Morogoro town, as the fundi mechanic works to put it back together again.

   • 2021 March 21, Didi Wamukoya, Wooden Glass: Tales From the City Volume 1, Didi Wamukoya, →ISBN, page 11:

     I am sure, dear reader that if you live in Africa the fundi is an integral part of your daily existence. For you who is a non-Swahili speaker, a fundi is anybody who does repair works and includes a mechanic, tailor, bicycle repair man, […]

語源 3

発音

• IPA: /ˈfʌndiː/

名詞

fundi (uncountable)

1. The African cereal plant Digitaria exilis.

別の表記

• fundungi

参照

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “fundi”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.

語源 4

発音

• IPA: /ˈfʌndaɪ/, /ˈfʌndiː/

名詞

fundi

1. plural of fundus

動詞

fundī

1. present passive infinitive of fundō